Waagner-Biro Group

The success of the Waagner-Biro Group is based on top level engineering know-how and more than 150 years experience in steel construction and mechanical engineering.

Waagner-Biro is an Austrian corporate group based in Vienna with shareholdings in medium-sized national and international companies in the steel construction and mechanical engineering sectors.

Among these are the Waagner-Biro Stahlbau Group its two divisions of Steel and glass engineering and Bridge construction, the Waagner-Biro Stage Systems Group, the most important international supplier of stage-equipment, Waagner-Biro Gulf, an infrastructure specialist, and finally the British Qualter, Hall & Co Ltd. working in the fields of mechanical engineering, bridge construction and contract manufacturing.

The Waagner-Biro Group has approximately 1,000 employees in 14 locations in Europe, Asia and in the Middle East.

Strong Position

Thanks to its product range the Waagner-Biro Group has secured a strong position in the global market.

• Waagner-Biro numbers among the world’s three largest companies in each of the core areas, i.e. steel and glass engineering, bridge construction and stage engineering.
  
  
• The company has assumed an international pioneering role through the addition of movable steel structures to its bridge engineering portfolio.
  
  
• With its complex steel and glass structures for façades and roofs Waagner-Biro is an internationally renowned partner of leading architects.
  
  
• In the stage systems business sector Waagner-Biro is one of the leading global market specialists in stage technology and intelligent building engineering.
  
  
• As partner of public customers the services of Waagner-Biro Gulf include the fields of infrastructure as well as bridge construction and hydraulic engineering.
  
  
• Qualter, Hall & Co Ltd. is particularly well established in its niche markets as specialist for mechanical engineering.